jūra

• (obsolete spelling) jūŗa

From Proto-Baltic *jáuˀrāˀ ~ *jū́ˀrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-, *ūr- with an added initial y, from *aw-, *awe- (“to wet, to moisten, to flow”) with a suffix -r. The initial *y may result from metathesis in *awer- (> *h₂wer-, *eur-), or from the influence of some other Proto-Indo-European root like *(e)rey-, *(e)rew- (“to flow”) (metathesized into *ewr-). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) The original meaning was thus “wet, swampy place” (cf. Lithuanian jáuris (“swamp”) < Proto-Baltic *jaur-), whence “lake” (still attested in old folk tales, and also in borrowings into Finnic: Livonian jõra, Estonian järv, Finnish järvi, Sami jaura, jawre, jávri) and finally “sea.” Cognates include Lithuanian jū́ra, dialectal jūrė, plural jū́ros, jū́rios, jū́rės (cf. Latvian dialectal jūre, jūris, plural jūres), Old Prussian iūrin, *jūren, *jūrʲai, Armenian ջուր (ǰur, “water”), Albanian hurdë (“deep place; pond; swamp”); without the initial *y, also Old Norse úr (“drizzle”), ȳra (“to drizzle”), Latin ūrīnō (“to dive, to plunge into water”), ūrīna (“urine”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [jūːɾa]

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jūra f (4th declension)

1. (geography) sea (large body of salty water)

   Baltijas jūra ― Baltic Sea

   Melnā jūra ― Black Sea

   jūras krasts, ūdens, vējš ― sea coast, water, wind

   peldēt jūrā ― to swim in the sea

   jūras slimība ― sea sickness

   iziet jūrā ― to go on sea, to sail, to set off

   virs, zem jūrās līmeņa ― above, below sea level

2. (astronomy) sea (dark areas on the surface of the Moon or other natural satellites)

   mēness jūra ― moon mare

3. (figuratively) very large quantity or amount (of something)

   ziedu jūra ― sea of flowers

   liesmu jūra ― sea of flames

• jūras lauva
• jūrnieks, jūrniece

• ezers
• okeāns

From Proto-Baltic *jáuˀrāˀ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈjuːrɐ]

jū́ra f (plural jū́ros) stress pattern 1

1. sea

• mãrios f

jūra f (plural jūras)

1. sea